Have you seen these pigs? How big are they? for a big boar you might need a bear trap. Also, many states/areas require a permit for trapping or ban it outright (but I'm not from Texas). Make sure you know what your jepordy is legally and physically, before you take any action you can't take back. I'd have some heavy conversations with hogdogs and with local animal control people to make sure you know what and why you end up doing whatever you do.

Texas state law (local laws may differ) allows the taking of feral hogs by just about any means you can think of... Heck, if claymore mines were legal, you could use them I bet. NVG's and scopes as well as silencers and possibly FA's even... Trapping is legal by state regs without a permit... the only caveat is it may be required to be open top to allow deer, turkey and bobcats to escape unhindered.

I would suggest a gamo extreme hunter,airhog,daewoo ,airforce or a rsw with some practice you should have no problems taking a hog 200lbs or larger with head shots at 30 yards or a little more they come from .17cal all the way to .50cal on youtube you can see them take game as large as bison good luck

they are getting bad here, I have a customer near the landfill at I-30 and macarthur, says the pigs wait for the landfill workers to head out at five and the pigs move in and dig up what they've just covered and eat all night. this in the dead center of dfw.

Having lived in DFW area, used to hear single gunshots fairly frequently. I wouldn't worry about singles so much...

Plus, preventing the discharge a firearm in defense of life and property is definitely not the intention of the city ordinance... It's meant to keep people from target shooting on their 1/5th acre plot of land with five foot side setbacks...

I used to test reloads in my back yard at night. Neighbors thought it was a car back firing. If they're in your back yard, shoot them from inside the house and the report won't be nearly as bad. If you reload, you can also work up some sub-sonic (~1000fps) loads.

Have learned that most folks never hear a single rifle or pistol shot in the wee hours of the morning. Folks normally up @ this hour think nothing of it. All safety rules apply, be sure of your target and beyond! Pellet guns just as illegal in many cities as cartridge guns. That being said, taking on a large sounder of hogs with an M14 and a full magazine in a residential area is probably a very bad idea. Traps and experienced hunters with archery equipment or shotguns may work, hard to say.

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Have learned that most folks never hear a single rifle or pistol shot in the wee hours of the morning.

Tx, We knew as po' folk needing protein in our diet that the first shot awakes folks but they have no clue what woke them.... the finisher shot is what tips them off that a sugar beet eating deer is headed to a freezer somewhere.

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